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While much attention has rightly been given to the expiration of the Section 1603 cash grant program at the end of 2011, there are other tax incentives for renewable energy that are also set to expire in the upcoming years. … Continue reading →

Last year Apple commissioned its new 500,000 acre data center in Maiden, North Carolina. The facility, costing an estimated $1 billion facility to build, is the company’s biggest data center several times over, aimed to support everything from iTunes to … Continue reading →

In my 20-plus years of dealing with economic development on tribal lands, I have found that few people are familiar with federal Indian law or tribal law, governments and dispute resolution systems, which reflect each tribe’s sovereign status and unique … Continue reading →

Southern California Edison has won approval to modify a photovoltaic program that won praise for its intent to promote distributed, rooftop generation when it received the initial thumbs-up from state regulators in 2009. With the changes, though, the utility will … Continue reading →

There are two holes the size of bulldozers in the argument made by Johanna Wald in “Clearing Up the Record on Solar Energy on Public Lands”, and others (including The Wilderness Society and Climate Progress) that opening public lands to … Continue reading →

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After a punishing 2011 and expectations of a tough 2012, look for a surge of demand to upgrade solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing equipment over the next few years, says IMS Research. Read Full Story

After a punishing 2011 and expectations of a tough 2012, look for a surge of demand to upgrade solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing equipment over the next few years, says IMS Research. Read Full Story

Corporate espionage always makes for a tantalizing read, and here is a new script that pits a veteran solar company against an upstart: SunPower is suing five former employees and SolarCity over what it says a misappropriation and use of … Continue reading →

The biggest drawback to many real or proposed sources of clean, renewable energy is their intermittency: The wind doesn’t always blow, the sun doesn’t always shine, and so the power they produce may not be available at the times it’s … Continue reading →